Some babies have it, some babies don't (aka, poor Samantha)

What am I refering to, you may wonder. Well, today is it immunity and weight. My poor baby came down with something. Her fever was up to 102.6 yesterday and she obviously felt awful, She just wanted to be held and rest her head on you (asking "rock a bye baby"), which is unusual for my active little peanut. We called the doctor and they told us we should come in. So even though her temperature was down to the 99-100 range and she seemed much more like herself, we went in to see if her ears or throat were affected. It seems it is just a cold or something like that. So, since she is also in the process of getting at least 2 teeth, poor thing, we kept giving her tylenol. But she still did not get much sleep last night or today. She went down early and I hope she will sleep well tonight.

The other news is her weight. We go back in next week for the 15 month check, but in the quick check today she was 18 pounds 11.5 ounces, a mere 1.5 ounces in 3 months. So, not good. We were told to get her through the next few days and then start thinking about ways to get calories in her. So we will be buttering her bread, adding olive oil to veggies, etc. I was pretty shocked since she seems to be eating so much better. But she is so active and tall for her age (29 7/8 inches at 12 months). So we have to cut back on cheerios, rice crispies, crunchies, bread, and fruit; all her favorites. And force more cheese and really work on whole milk. She has been sipping some soy milk, but still does not like whole milk.

But today she seemed more like her self off and on, even though she would not eat. Here she is drawing, a new favorite past time.

We pulled out a train we got from friends when she was born (Thanks Jenny and Ray!). Thought a new toy would be nice on a rough day. Although, most of the day was spent in my lap watching Elmo. I cannot get the song from Elmo's world out of my head! And by the way, she chose the outfit. Even when she feels awful, fashion is important. And I could not talk her into anything I thought would be more comfortable. She really wanted this gold dress.

Hopefully tomorrow will have a happy, healthy peanut.